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Mandeville police have booked the owner of a Metairie moving company with extortion and more arrests are expected soon.more>> Mandeville police have booked the owner of a Metairie moving company with extortion and more arrests are expected soon.more>> The president of St. Tammany Parish says she's moving ahead with efforts to take control of the coroner's finances, in spite of a lawsuit challenging that effort.
more>> The president of St. Tammany Parish says she's moving ahead with efforts to take control of the coroner's finances, in spite of a lawsuit challenging that effort. Pat Brister says a new financial report gives good reason why the takeover needs to take place.
more>> Each summer, massive areas of the usually fertile Gulf of Mexico fishing grounds become uninhabitable to most sea life.
more>> Each summer, massive areas of the usually fertile Gulf of Mexico fishing grounds become uninhabitable to most sea life. FOX 8 spoke with a scientist who says this year the "dead zone" may be the largest since monitoring began in 1985.
more>> By saying he intends to bargain with Russia over new reductions in nuclear weapons, rather than make cuts on his own, President Barack Obama is asking for cooperation from a former Cold War foe in no mood to agree.more>> By saying he intends to bargain with Russia over new reductions in nuclear weapons, rather than make cuts on his own, President Barack Obama is asking for cooperation from a former Cold War foe in no mood to agree.more>> Federal agents say a bank robber wearing a reflective work vest held up the Gulf Coast Bank branch in Mid-City early Wednesday afternoon.
more>> Federal agents say a bank robber wearing a reflective work vest held up the Gulf Coast Bank branch in Mid-City early Wednesday afternoon.
more>> Violence at Orleans Parish Prison forced deputies to send four inmates to the emergency room all on the same day.more>> Violence at Orleans Parish Prison forced deputies to send four inmates to the emergency room all on the same day.more>> The National Weather Service says a waterspout came ashore on Grand Isle but appears to have done little damage.more>> The National Weather Service says a waterspout came ashore on Grand Isle but appears to have done little damage.more>> "Operation of the Gretna ferry will cease as no funding was dedicated to the ferry during the legislative session."more>> "DOTD will utilize available funding and continue operations of the Chalmette ferry on its current schedule, as well as the Algiers/Canal ferry on an adjusted schedule. Operation of the Gretna ferry will cease as no funding was dedicated to the ferry during the legislative session."more>> The LSU Board of Supervisors has agreed to a contract privatizing its rural Bogalusa hospital in January.more>> The LSU Board of Supervisors has agreed to a contract privatizing its rural Bogalusa hospital in January.more>> Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne asked the Louisiana seafood promotion board to draw up a strategic plan and said he'll seek an audit of its finances as he assumes oversight of its operations.more>> Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne asked the Louisiana seafood promotion board to draw up a strategic plan and said he'll seek an audit of its finances as he assumes oversight of its operations.more>>
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Offensive linemen Alex Boone and Mike Iupati stood in one corner of a near-empty San Francisco locker room and pondered just how close they had come to winning the Super Bowl.
It quickly began to sink in, beneath the Superdome on Sunday night as the Baltimore Ravens celebrated, that their season had ended short of the goal. One year, they almost reached the NFL's championship game.
The next, they nearly won it. The 49ers head into the offseason following a 34-31 Super Bowl loss knowing they were right there against the Ravens, and now move forward with the hope of keeping much of the team together and building to get back - and this time win it all. One big question: What to do with backup quarterback Alex Smith?
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